The Big Bang Theory: S8E18 – The Leftover Thermalization

1. Sheldon: Two one six four two zero one nine eight nine. And that, little lady, is pi to a thousand places. Amy: I'd say I'm sorry I asked, except I didn't. Sheldon: Oh, look, it's the Scientific American that covered the paper Leonard and I wrote. Amy: Oh, let me see. Sheldon: I have mixed feelings about doing interviews. I like the part where I talk. I do not like the part where the other man talks. Amy: Sheldon, this article doesn't mention Leonard at all. Sheldon: Well, that can't be right. Amy: It only refers to Dr. Cooper and his team. Did you even talk about him? Sheldon: All I did was answer a few questions about the theory. And then expressed my gratitude 表达谢意 that Scientific American doesn't include any of those smelly perfume cards. Amy: Poor Leonard. Sheldon: Why? The theory he came up with just got mentioned in Scientific American. He ought to be thrilled 激动万分. Amy: He might not be. Sheldon: Oh, maybe you're right. He is kind of a lump( lump I. a small hard part on or under your skin that is caused by illness or injury. Something that protrudes, sticks out, or sticks together. lump in 肿块, 硬块: Doctors found a lump in her breast. lump on: There was a lump on my head where the ball hit me. II. A group, set, or unit. The money arrived all at once as one big lump sum payment. III. (informal, as plural) A beating or verbal abuse. He's taken his lumps over the years. IV. A dull or lazy person.  someone who is lazy or stupid. It's the same as being called a couch potato or a slacker. It means she never does anything. Just sits there. Unaccomplished. Like a bump on a log. Don't just sit there like a lump. a. someone, especially a child, who is heavy. V. a cluster or blob; a mound, hill, or group. a solid piece in a substance that should be smooth or liquid. Stir the sauce to get rid of any lumps. Stir the gravy until there are no more lumps结块. a lump of coal; a lump of clay; a lump of cheese. take your lumps to receive criticism or punishment without letting it harm you. The company has certainly taken its lumps this year. a lump in your throat 不吐不快, 一吐为快 the feeling you get in your throat when you are going to cry. His words brought a lump to my throat. v. To treat as a single unit; to group together. 混为一谈, 混淆在一起. People tend to lump turtles and tortoises together, when in fact they are different creatures. like it or lump it: to accept a situation, even though you do not like it or agree with it. You can like it or lump it, but I've got to work. lump to put people or things into the same group, although they do not really belong together. They're lumping together all of these children. Be lumped in with 搅和在一起, 混在一起, 不分青红皂白的堆叠在一起, 混为一谈, 沦落在一起: I prefer to do my charitable bit by donating actual money and not being lumped in with a bunch of people like that. "It's like the 'success club' and I'm not really in that club. I don't think I'm above it all – I'm way below it. But there's something a bit smug about it. Lobbyists don't want to be lumped in with the corrupt, association tells Charbonneau Commission: The association representing Quebec's lobbyists says it is concerned its members are being lumped in with crooks who try to illegally influence government officials. be lumped with: We've all got one - the friend with the impossibly glamorous 耀眼的 name that leaves the Peters, Katherines and Margarets among us feeling somewhat, well, frumpy 土得掉渣, 土死了, 土包子似的. Sometimes life (or in this case parents) isn't fair. But it's not as if the first name you get lumped with (很多人认为这个说法讲不通) at birth actually has an impact on your success in later life. Is it? frumpish = frumpy 不时尚的, 土包子似的 wearing clothes that are not attractive or fashionable. Dowdy, unkempt, or unfashionable. She came to the door in a frumpy housedress and bedroom slippers. grubby I. Dirty; grimy: grubby old work clothes. II. Infested with grubs. III. Contemptible; despicable: has a grubby way of treating others. lump things together 不分青红皂白的堆叠在一起, 混为一谈, 沦落在一起 put in an indiscriminate mass or group. To get/be lumbered with 丢给, 硬甩给, 硬塞给: (informal) to be given (or left with) a responsibility, etc, that you do not want and cannot get rid of; If you are lumbered with someone or something, you have to deal with them or take care of them even though you do not want to and this annoys you. [British, informal, disapproval] I was lumbered with the job of taking charge of all the money. She was lumbered with a bill for about ninety pounds. "Hospital lumbered with £100,000 debt from foreign patients."). lumber verb I. [intransitive] to walk slowly because of being large and heavy. If someone or something lumbers from one place to another, they move there very slowly and clumsily. He turned and lumbered back to his chair. The truck lumbered across the parking lot toward the road. He looked straight ahead and overtook a lumbering lorry. II. [transitive] British to give someone a job or responsibility that they do not want. to burden with something unpleasant, tedious, etc. noun. Lumber consists of trees and large pieces of wood that have been roughly cut up. [mainly US] It was made of soft lumber, spruce by the look of it. He was going to have to purchase all his lumber at full retail price. To get/be lumped (together) with: to be combined with, placed together with, put in the same category as; (as in this story from the Goldstream News Gazette: "West Shore could get lumped with Cowichan Valley in new federal riding" = combined with). Get lumped with might also reflect the expression you've got to like it or lump it, which means that when you face a situation that you can't change you have the choice of enjoying it or grudgingly making the best of it. Lumpers 统合派 and splitters 分割派 are opposing factions in any discipline which has to place individual examples into rigorously defined 严格定义的 categories. The lumper-splitter problem occurs when there is the need to create classifications and assign examples to them, for example schools of literature, biological taxa and so on. A "lumper" is an individual who takes a gestalt view of a definition, and assigns examples broadly, assuming that differences are not as important as signature similarities. A "splitter" is an individual who takes precise definitions, and creates new categories to classify samples that differ in key ways.). Amy: Think about it. How would you feel if you were referred to as 被称为 part of Leonard's team? Sheldon: Oh, I'd be incensed 火冒三丈, 气毁了( extremely angry. If you say that something incenses you, you mean that it makes you extremely angry. This proposal will incense conservation campaigners. Mum was incensed at his lack of compassion. incense to make someone very angry. n. a substance that creates a strong but pleasant smell when burned. Incense is often used in religious ceremonies.). Amy: So you see what I'm getting at 我想说什么了吧 ( get at something I. 够得到, 够得着. 触及. to manage to reach or touch something. I keep the sweets up here where the children can't get at them. II. [usually progressive] to try to suggest something without saying it directly. What are you getting at 你想说什么, 你是在暗示什么? III. to discover the true facts about something. This was an attempt to stop journalists getting at the truth. get at someone 紧追不放, 穷追不舍, 纠缠不休, 追着不放 British informal to criticize someone again and again in a way that is unfair. Why are you always getting at me?)? Sheldon: Squeaky wheel gets the grease 会哭的孩子有奶吃, 会哭的姑娘有人疼, 会哭的孩子有饭吃, 会叫的鸟儿有虫吃 ( The squeaky wheel gets the grease is an American idiom used to convey the idea that the most noticeable (or loudest) problems are the ones most likely to get attention. It is alternately expressed as "The squeaky wheel gets the oil". The person who complains or speaks up most loudly receives the redress or attention which he or she seeks. If you don't get good service at the hotel, make sure to tell the manager that you're dissatisfied. The squeaking wheel gets the oil. squeaky 吱呀呀叫的 wheel ‎I. A complainer; one who speaks out when there are problems. Often used pejoratively. II. Of several problems, the most apparent or the most urgent.)? Amy: No. Sheldon: Grass is always greener? Amy: Try again. Sheldon: Well, I don't know, we're all Groot( great; big; large. Groot (/ɡruːt/) is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. Created by Stan Lee, Larry Lieber and Jack Kirby, the character first appeared in Tales to Astonish #13 (November 1960). An extraterrestrial, sentient tree-like creature, the original Groot first appeared as an invader that intended to capture humans for experimentation. The character was reintroduced as a heroic, noble being in 2006, and appeared in the crossover comic book storyline "Annihilation: Conquest". Groot went on to star in its spin-off series, Guardians of the Galaxy, joining the team of the same name. Groot has been featured in a variety of associated Marvel merchandise, including animated television series, toys and trading cards.)? Just tell me. Amy: Leonard is as much a part of this paper as you are, and he was overlooked 忽略. He's going to feel bad. Sheldon: But it wasn't my fault. I didn't exclude 排除在外 him. And I didn't write the article. Amy: Remember that time you didn't get picked to pull the sword out of the stone at Disneyland and they let that other kid do it? Sheldon: Oh, that kid. Poor Leonard. Amy: Exactly. Sheldon: For the record, that kid was a terrible choice. If you cry when you drop your churro, you do not have what it takes to rule England. 2. Howard: Thanks for helping us sort through 打点, 整理 all my mom's stuff. Raj: Of course. I know what it's like having to go through a loved one's possessions. My uncle was a worshipper of Krishna. But after he died, you know what we found? A statue of Shiva. It may not be Crips and Bloods, okay? But in India, it's a thing. Bernadette: Well, it'll be good that you're there. Howard's been having trouble deciding what to keep and what to let go 扔掉. Howard: Well, it's hard. A lot of Ma's stuff brings back fond memories 美好的回忆. Bernadette: Is that why you couldn't get rid of her drawer full of ketchup packets? Howard: Yes. It reminds me of us eating out and her saying quick, nobody's looking, fill your pockets with ketchup. 3. Sheldon: Leonard? Have you ever noticed that only my name is on the cable bill? Leonard: Yeah. Sheldon: Good, good. And your name is on the electric bill and mine isn't. And I'm okay with that. Leonard: Actually, your name is on the electric bill. Sheldon: Oh, right. This is a disaster. Leonard: I don't even know what you're talking about and I agree. Sheldon: Okay, I have to tell you something, but you're not going to like it 你不会高兴的. Leonard: What's going on? Sheldon: An article was just published in Scientific American about our theory. Leonard: Did they hate it? Sheldon: No. No, they loved it. They, uh, couldn't say enough nice things about it. Leonard: So what's the problem? Sheldon: You know how ( (well) what do you know! informal  something you say when you are ​surprised by a ​piece of ​information. This phrase is often used ​humorously to ​mean the ​opposite: So they're getting ​married, are they? Well, what do you know! Well, what do you know! The Raiders ​lost again!) the PennySaver (A pennysaver 分类广告, 社区报纸 (or free ads paper, Friday Ad or shopper) was a kind of free community periodical [ˌpɪriˈɑdɪk(ə)l] available in North America (typically weekly or monthly publications) that advertises items for sale. Frequently pennysavers are actually called The Pennysaver (variants include Penny Saver, Penny-saver, PennySaver). It usually contains classified ads grouped into categories. Many pennysavers also offer local news and entertainment, as well as generic advice information, various syndicated or locally written columns on various topics of interest, limited comics and primetime TV listings.) only has my name… Leonard: Sheldon. Sheldon: They didn't mention you in the article. Only me. Leonard: Really? Sheldon: I know. It's not fair. Let the anger go, buddy. You just, you relax all your muscles. Except for your pubococcygeus and anal sphincter. Let's keep those tight. Leonard: Uh, that, that's not necessary. Sheldon: It is. They're what hold back the urine [ˈjuərɪn] and the faeces [ˈfi:si:z]. Look, maybe, maybe you shouldn't read it. It'll only make you feel worse. Leonard: Cooper and his team? Sheldon: You should know I had nothing to do with that. Leonard: Uh, at least they're talking about the theory. I mean, that's what's important. Sheldon: You know, you're right. Yeah. You know, it's like when Stan Lee and Steve Ditko created Spider-Man. Stan Lee may get all the credit, but Steve Ditko knows he was just as important. Even though Stan Lee gets to be in all the Marvel movies. And. and he's far richer. And he's a household name, you know? Whereas 比较而言, 相比之下, 比较起来( used for comparing two things, people, situations, etc. and showing that there is an important difference between them. Doctors' salaries have risen substantially, whereas nurses' pay has actually fallen. Whereas knowledge can be acquired from books, skills must be learned through practice.), you know, you say Ditko, and that sounds like a company that makes Dits. Leonard: That's not helping. Sheldon: Well, I'd give more examples, but, well, everyone in your position's so forgettable. 4. Howard: Stuart, we're here. Raj: It's nice of you to let him keep staying at your mom's house. Howard: Yeah, well, I tried putting him out on the curb, but nobody took him. Stuart: Hey. Just so you know, the power's out 没电了, 停电了. Bernadette: What happened? Stuart: I called, they said a transformer blew. It's the whole block. Should be fixed by tomorrow. Howard: Wait, when did it go out? Stuart: In the middle of the night. Howard: Oh, my God. Bernadette: Howie, what's wrong? Howard: It's all defrosting 解冻, 化开. Bernadette: It's okay. It's just food. Howard: It's not just food. This is the last food my mother ever made. This is her last brisket(meat, usually beef, from an animal's chest.). This is her last meatloaf. This is her last. I have no idea what this is, but it's the last one. Raj: Everything okay? Howard: No. All Ma's food is gonna be ruined坏掉. Bernadette: Well, why don't we take it home and put it in our freezer? Raj: You don't want to do that. Refreezing not only removes moisture, but it creates ice crystals in the fibres of the meat that can compromise 伤害到, 损及 its taste and texture. What? I saw a teachable moment. I dropped some culinary science( [ˈkʌlɪˌneri] relating to food and how to cook it. He likes to show off his culinary skills. culinary delights (=very good food): And what culinary delights do you have for us tonight? ). Bernadette: What should we do? Howard: I'll tell you exactly what we're gonna do. We're gonna eat it. Bernadette: There's, like, twenty pounds of food in there. Howard: All you said was I had to get rid of things. You didn't say they couldn't pass through my colon [ˈkoulən] first. Bernadette: Howie. Howard: Okay. Then how about this? Let's invite everyone over to dinner. It'll be like Ma's feeding us one last time. Bernadette: I love that. Raj: Me, too. Oh, look, we've got enough ketchup to cover every ounce of it. 5. Penny: I mean, who even reads Scientific American? Leonard: It's kind of a big deal. Penny: If it's such a big deal, how come the biggest celebrity they could get for the cover is a molecule? Leonard: Can we please just stop talking about it? Penny: I'm sorry. What can I do? Leonard: Nothing, I'm fine. Penny: No, no. I'm gonna cheer you up. Here we go. Leonard: What are we doing? Penny: I am taking you shopping. Leonard: Oh. Penny: My baby is sad, and I'm gonna make him happy again. Leonard: Look, I know shopping cheers you up, but it's just not really my thing. Penny: Well, what about this helicopter you control with an iPad? Leonard: Does it have a camera in it? Penny: It does have a camera in it. Leonard: Baby's listening. Sheldon: (Knock, knock, knock) Leonard? (Knock, knock, knock) Leonard? (Knock, knock, knock) Leonard? Leonard: What? Sheldon: I spoke to the reporter at the magazine. Leonard: What happened? Did you tell him it was my idea? Sheldon: I did. Leonard: Thank you. What did he say? Sheldon: He said they made the editorial decision to only cite the lead scientist. Leonard: Why did he think you're the lead scientist? It was my idea. Penny: You know, for an extra four bucks, I can have this thing here tomorrow. Sheldon: Well, I know it was your idea, but the reporter said he's been following my work for a while, and the only reason they even mentioned it in the magazine is 'cause my name is on it. Penny: You know what? I did it. What's four bucks 4块钱算什么? Leonard: If you're trying to make me feel better, it's not working. Sheldon: Well then what if I told you that I added your name to the cable bill? Leonard: No. Sheldon: Oh. That's just as well( (it's) just as well (that) 幸好你没有, 没什么差别, 没差, 没什么不好, 那就没关系了 it is a good thing. to be a good thing to do, or to be a ​lucky thing to ​happen or be done: It's just as well you're not here - you wouldn't like the ​noise. He ​left at three, which was just as well or he'd have ​missed the ​plane. It would be as well to ​check the ​small ​print. It's ​beginning to ​rain - it's just as well that we ​brought ​our ​umbrellas. just as well ‎Used to say that an occurrence, or situation, is not only fortunate, but that for the contrary, it could have been a lot worse. Or that something that first glance might seem bad, is actually good just because it could have been even much worse or because the alternative case or cases could have been even much worse. Usage notes: This expression is usually used with be. It's just as well. It was just as well. We cancelled the trip, which was just as well, because it rained. II. used for saying that something is a sensible thing to do. It would be just as well to check that they've arrived. ). They had me on hold for 20 minutes and I hung up. (Knock, knock, knock) Leonard? (Knock, knock, knock) Leonard? (Knock, knock, knock) Leonard? Also, Wolowitz invited us all to dinner, so I'm ready whenever you are. 6. Sheldon: All he had was an idea. Amy: Well, that is an important part. Sheldon: Oh, please. I have ideas all day long每天, 整天. Reverse SeaWorld where dolphins are allowed to pet people. A new clothing size between medium and large called Marge. Snow White retold from the point of view of 从...的角度, 从...的视角 Sneezy. Why won't Doc prescribe him something? We finally find out. Amy: But Leonard's idea was good. Sheldon: Fine. Then Grumpy, what's he so grumpy about? Maybe his girlfriend won't take his side 站在他那一边. 7. Leonard: I'm the one who thought of 想出来 it. Penny: Well, didn't he do a lot of the work? Leonard: Yeah. But now he's happy to let people think he's responsible for everything. Penny: And that's why you get an iPad helicopter. Sheldon: Is it my fault I have a much bigger reputation than he does? Amy: It's not your fault. Sheldon: Is it my fault that my name came first on the paper alphabetically? Amy: Not your fault. Sheldon: Is it my fault that when the reporter cited me as the lead scientist I didn't correct him? Amy: Hey, look at that pretty bird. Leonard: He always needs all the attention. He's such a baby. Penny: I know, I know. Leonard: I swear, he is never ever playing with my helicopter. 8. Raj: Okay, I'll start heating some of this stuff up. Bernadette: Thanks. Howard: Oh, man. This is the boutonniere from my high school prom. A piece of cake from my Bar Mitzvah. Bernadette: Did she throw anything away? Howard: No. If I find my foreskin, I'm gonna kill myself. Raj: Okay, so we've got, um, three briskets, four meatloafs, one lasagna. Howard: No, that's noodle kugel. Raj: One Jewish lasagna, two pound cakes that are about eight pounds each, and one giant container of matzoh ball soup. Howard: Ma always kept it on hand, in case I got sick. She thought she could cure 治疗 anything with her cooking. Even the time I got food poisoning. From her cooking. Bernadette: You okay? Howard: Yeah, I'm okay. Let's get started. Raj: You got it(you got it I. US informal I. used to say that you will ​quickly do what someone has ​asked you to do. I agree to what you asked!; You will get what you want! You want a green one? You got it! This one? You got it! "Would you get me a ​coffee?" "Sure, you got it!" II. You are right! That's exactly right! You got it! That's the answer. You got it! we got it. Amy: Do you need any help in the kitchen? Bernadette: No, we got it. we got this: usually said to someone when you plan on doing something and you're not worried about it. "Dont worry, we got this." We got company: we got company 有客人 = an uneducated way of saying "we have guests/visitors". "people pleaser" = something that keeps people happy, for example: small gifts, free samples, entertainment etc. ). Howard: I'm never gonna talk to her again. Bernadette: Should we tell everyone not to come? Howard: No. I want to do this. Bernadette: Okay. Well, I'll keep it together ( keep someone/ something together I. to keep things or a group of people together; to keep something, including a group of people, from falling apart. I hope we can keep our club together for a few more years. We will keep it together for a while longer. Keep your toys together. Don't scatter 扔的到处都是 them all over the house. We will keep together to the very end. Our group decided to keep together. II. 保持镇定. 保持冷静. To maintain composure; to avoid an overly emotional reaction; to suppress an instinct or urge. pull yourself together 恢复冷静, 心情平复, 怒气消去 to ​become ​calm and ​behave ​normally again after being ​angry or ​upset: Just ​pull yourself together. There's no ​point ​crying about it. keep it up used to ​encourage someone to ​continue doing something: You're doing very well everybody. Keep it up! ) if you can. Howard: Okay. Raj: I'm not making any promises. Stuart: Glad you guys could make it 很高兴你们能来. Leonard: Of course. Penny: Wow, it looks really pretty in here. Stuart: Yeah, turns out half a dozen menorahs (Menorah (Hanukkah), a nine-branched candelabrum, also known as a ḥanukkiyah or chanukkiyah (Hebrew: חַנֻכִּיָּה‎), which is used on the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah.) really sets a mood 改变情调. Leonard: So, Stuart, have you thought about what you'd do if Howard sells the house? Stuart: And there goes the mood. Sheldon: Hi. Hello. Oh, and a special hello to Leonard, who needs to be mentioned by name. Leonard: Subtle. Sheldon: But you got it, right? Howard: Hey, guys. All: Hey. Hi. Hello. Howard: I just want everyone to know, uh, tonight's not a sad occasion. Bernadette: Yeah, we just want to have the kind of dinner that we've all had here so many times before. Howard: Good food, good friends, and sometime around midnight, heartburn 烧心 that makes you pray for death 只求一死. Amy: Do you need any help in the kitchen? Bernadette: No, we got it. You guys make yourselves comfortable 随便坐. Penny: All right, hey, you two, we're here for Howard right now, okay? Amy: Yes, so please behave yourselves. Leonard: Fine. Sheldon: Of course. Stuart: So I heard you two, uh, wrote a paper together. How's that going? Penny: This food is amazing. Raj: Mm, and not a vegetable in sight. Howard: That's not true. We've got tomatoes right here. Amy: All these bright people sitting around a table by candlelight. Feels like we could be an 18th century French salon. Sheldon: Indeed. Penny, a salon is a gathering where intellectuals entertained each other with sparkling 火花四溅的, 灵感四射的 conversations about issues of the day. Penny: Oh, so it's like The View. Amy: Sheldon, The View is a daytime talk show hosted by women. Sheldon: Oh, I'm aware. It features Whoopi Goldberg. She played Guinan on Star Trek: Next Gen. Penny, Next Gen refers to Star Trek… Penny: Shut up. Raj: I would like to propose a salon topic. Amy: Ooh, please do, Rajesh. Raj: The lead in The Hunger Games is a woman. Marvel has made Tor a female. Penny: Wait, who's Tor? Raj: You know, Tor, the God of Tunder. As I was saying, is this a sign that our society is approaching gender equality? Howard: Certainly a lot more women are reading comic books now. Stuart: It's true. At the store, I had to put a seat on the toilet. Amy: We won't know if there's equality until female Thor has a baby and the Avengers are cool with her pumping breast milk at work. Howard: I wonder if only a baby who is worthy can suckle at the bosom of Thor. Penny: Okay, new salon topic. Salons, dumb thing from a long time ago or interesting thing made dumb by talking about superheroes? Discuss. Sheldon: I don't believe it matters what the topic is. What's crucial for a salon is that we conduct the discussion in an elevated and insightful ( I. 高于地面的. raised above the ground, or higher than the surrounding area. an elevated railroad/highway. a. at a higher level or amount than previously or than is normal. the dangers of elevated blood pressure. II. 高级的. 高端的. 高等的. more important or higher in status. an elevated position in society. III. at a high level mentally or morally. elevated notions/standards. ) way. It's all about the execution. Leonard: Of course you'd focus on that rather than the inspiration. Uh, new salon topic. What's more important, an idea or its execution? Bernadette: Oh, that's fine. Sheldon: Yeah, good for you, Leonard. That's a lovely little notion. Kind of like, I wish I could talk to my uncle in Chicago. Yeah, now stand back while I invent the telephone. Hello? Oh, hold on. Leonard, it's your uncle. He says you just got burned. Amy: Sheldon. Penny: Guys. Leonard: No, it's okay. We're all adults trying to have an intelligent 高智商的 discussion. At least I am. Howard, what do you think? Howard: Well, I guess, as an engineer, I lean towards 倾向于 execution. I spend my days trying to take ideas and make them real. Sheldon: Well said, old chap. I thought eloquence had died, here it stands before us. Starting today 从今天开始, it'll go Gettysburg Address, I have a dream, and what he just said. Leonard: Oh, now he's a genius? All you ever do is make fun of him and engineering. Sheldon: Leonard, please. His mother just died. Leonard: You're being ridiculous. Sheldon: Yeah, so are you. Penny: Guys, if I wanted to hear people be bitchy, I'd go to my real salon. Sheldon: Leonard, lots of people could've had that idea, but very few people could've worked out the math the way I did. Leonard: Lots of people also didn't have that idea, like everyone in the entire world except for me. Sheldon: Oh, well, apparently Leonard thinks he's better than everyone in the whole world, including those fighting for our freedom. Yeah, well, I don't know about you, but I support our boys overseas. Amy: And girls. Sheldon: Hey, you already ruined Thor, give it a rest. Leonard: So I'm just supposed to be okay with you hogging all the credit 抢去所有荣耀, 独占所有荣耀? Sheldon: I didn't hog anything. Unlike you and that weird lasagna with raisins in it. Leonard: You want some of this? I'll give you some. Bernadette: Hey. Sheldon, Leonard, living room, right now! Sheldon: She said my name first, that must kill you 气死你了. Bernadette (off): I don't know what you think you're doing, but this is a very difficult time for my husband. We're eating the last food his mother ever made, and you were gonna throw it at each other like children? Whatever it is you're fighting about, put it aside 搁置起来, 放一边去, go back in there and be a good friend to Howard or there's no dessert for either of you. Look at me when I'm talking to you. And don't think… Howard: You guys ever notice sometimes Bernadette sounds like my mom? Amy: I don't hear it. Raj: No, not at all. 9. Penny: I don't think I've eaten that much in my entire life. Howard: It's why my people wandered the desert for 40 years. Took that long to walk it off. Sheldon: You see, Penny, the Israelites were in the desert… Penny: Shut up. Ra: So glad you two are done fighting. Leonard: Right now, I'm just trying to burp without throwing up. Sheldon: Hang on. Physics Today mentioned the paper. Stuart: What'd they say? Amy: Who cares? Did they mention Leonard? Sheldon: They did. All: Yay. Bernadette: Good news, I found more Tums. All: Yay.

tamper VS tinker VS fiddle; wear me down 一点点感化, 铁杵磨成针;

用法学习: 1. Amy: All right. Don't get upset, but, an earlier appointment opened up for Leonard and he's getting the surgery right now. Sheldon: I see. Take me to Leonard. Amy: Just go to work, he'll be fine. Penny: We had a really nice swim. Sheldon: Oh, stop it. I assume this medical centre's already treated the burns on your bottom from the recent pants fire. Penny: 'Cause I'm a liar, liar? Sheldon: That's for the fire marshal to determine. Penny: You had to tell him? Amy: He wore me down 逼的没有办法, 苦苦哀求 ( wear down I. to make someone gradually lose their energy or confidence. They were worn down by the stress of feeding five children. Slowly he wore his opponent down. to overcome gradually by persistent effort. his sheer persistence 坚持不懈 in wearing down the opposition. II. to make something gradually disappear or become thinner by using or rubbing it. The old stone steps had been worn down by years of use. ). And I was distracted, he has on extra baby powder today. Sheldon: Is he okay? Penny: He's still in surgery. Sheldon: Very well. Penny: He's gonna be all right. That is sticky. 另一段: Penny: Okay, okay, so Amy's cool, Sheldon's cool. Tell me about Leonard. Bert: Who? Penny: Leonard Hofstadter. Bert: Oh, him. I guess he's all right. Apparently he tricked some hot girl into marrying him. Penny: That's me, I'm her. You know, he didn't trick me, he just wore me down 一点点融化冰山. Bert: It makes sense you two are friends. I mean, hot girls always stick together. Amy: And you thought this wasn't gonna be a great party. Penny: You know, I had no idea Caltech is exactly like my high school. Amy: Well, it's not exactly like it. We're all extremely smart. Penny: Wow, you popular girls are mean. 另一段: Awkward guy: But how did you get her to go out with you? Leonard: Well, she moved in across the hall 对门. Penny: And he started to slowly wear me down. Leonard: Like a river carves a canyon. Penny: Yeah, except the river kept showing me his Pokémon cards. Red-haired guy: Ready to go? Awkward guy: Hang on. This guy's telling me how he got the Serial Ape-ist girl to marry him. Red-haired guy: This guy? But he's wearing a change maker. Penny: I think it's hot. Leonard: That's right. I'm her change daddy. 2. Amy: I meant why are they folded? But whatever. Ooh, what's this? Penny: That, believe it or not, is my prom dress. Bernadette: Wow, you still have it? I just assumed it was balled up 团成一团, 揉成球 in the corner of a barn ( ball up I. If you balls up a task or activity, you do it very badly, making a lot of mistakes. [British, informal, rude] You have single-handedly ballsed up the best opportunity we've had! I have no intention of letting you balls it up. II. to become a small round shape, or to make something into a small round shape She balled her fists angrily. pick up the ball and run with it to take responsibility for getting something done, especially after someone else has tried and failed. ) somewhere. Penny: What kind of teenager did you think I was? Bernadette: Slutty. Amy: Easy. Penny: The word is popular. 3. Howard: Knock, knock. Bernadette: Hi. Raj: Hey. What brings you by? Bernadette: Oh, muffin much. Howard: Told you, not funny. Bernadette: He's just not laughing because he's feeling blueberry. Tough crowd 真难伺候. Raj: I'm sorry. This is very sweet. Thanks. Howard: So, how you doing? Raj: Better. I guess the news just hit me a lot harder than I expected. Bernadette: Well, of course. I would be devastated if my parents split up. Howard: Why? Your father barely speaks to your mother. Bernadette: Well, at least he stuck around 没走, 留下来了, 在身边, not like your dad, who just took off. Howard: As you can see, we're here to cheer you up. 4. sweet spot 最佳点, 最舒服的位置, 最佳位置,  INFORMAL I. the point or area on a bat, club, or racket at which it makes most effective contact with the ball. "a bigger sweet spot forgives off-centre hits". II. an optimum point or combination of factors or qualities. "the market may have reached its sweet spot, with prices high enough to encourage sellers but still low enough to promise a good return". Raj: What am I supposed to do? How am I supposed to choose between Emily and Lucy? Howard: Why do you have to choose? Date both of them. Raj: I can't date two women at once. Zero women, that‘s my sweet spot. Penny: Unless you’re sleeping with one of them, seeing other people isn't a big deal. Steph: So, we're all standing around looking at the post-op x ray and there it is, clear as day, right in the guy's chest cavity, one of my earrings. Leonard: Oh, my god, what did you do? Steph: What do you think I did? I discreetly slipped off the other earring, put it in my pocket and then got the hell out of there! Sheldon (arriving): I have a bone to pick with you, sir. Leonard: Oo-oo-oh! Steph: Hi, Sheldon. Sheldon: Hi, Stephanie. I'm sorry I'm late, but your companion left the most indecipherable invitation. Leonard: What invitation? Sheldon: We're going to the movies. What movie? What theatre? What time? If you were trying to make it impossible to locate you, you couldn't have done a better job. Leonard: Oh, clearly I could have. Sheldon: It took me nearly 20 minutes to go through the browser history on your computer to see what movie times you looked up. Wait here, I'll find us seats. Steph: No, no, we have seats. Leonard: Not the right seats. (Sheldon moves around the theatre sitting in various seats and shouting "Ha!") Steph: What is he doing? Leonard: He's finding the acoustic sweet spot. Steph: Does he always do this? Leonard: Sometimes he brings a toy xylophone. I am really sorry about this. Steph: No, it's fine. you know, he's sweet. Sheldon: My apologies, you've been sitting in it all along. Leonard, you want to slide over one 错一个座位? Leonard: No, just sit here. Sheldon: Oh, yeah, this is it. Leonard: What is going on? Sheldon: Oh. Uh, I need to keep my anxiety at the right level, so I'm using Darth Vader, the Joker, and Godzilla's roar to keep me in that sweet spot. Uh, I tried including Taylor Swift in the mix, but turns out I love her. Leonard: Well, at least listen to it through headphones. I'm trying to sleep. Good night. Sheldon: Boy, Taylor was right, haters gonna hate, hate, hate, hate, hate. 5. end/finish/begin etc (something) on a high note 急流勇退 to end, finish something etc in a successful way The team finished their tour on a high note in Barbados. The team face considerable pressure to finish on a high note. snoop 探听, 打探, 探头探脑的 I. to secretly try to get information that someone would not want you to have. She's been snooping around asking questions. Somebody went snooping through my desk while I was gone. II. to watch someone secretly in order to learn about their personal life or business. snoop on: I hear they use detectives to snoop on employees. Howard: You know what, you sound busy, I'm gonna let you go. Raj: Dude, the whole front came off. Now she's gonna know I was snooping. Bernadette: What's happening? Howard: Raj was snooping through Emily's drawers and broke one. Bernadette: Aw. I'm gonna miss her. Well, maybe this is what you get for snooping. Emily: So, the first time I leave you alone, you snoop on me? Raj: You've never snooped around my apartment? Emily: No. Raj: Come on, think back 回想一下. It would really help if you had. Emily: I can't believe you don't trust me. 6. cruisin for a bruisin = cruisin for a beating 找死, 找打 Hey, that's Tor's stuff, you cruising for a beating or something? go a long way = go far = go the distance If you say that someone will go a long way, you mean that they will be very successful. To achieve considerable success. All parents hope that their children will go a long way in their lives. The moment I met him I knew he would go a long way. a little (of something) goes a long way spoken used to say that only a small amount of something is needed or has a great effect. A little kindness goes a long way. A bit of patience goes along way. If you say that something goes a long way towards doing a particular thing, you mean that it is an important factor in achieving that thing. Although not a cure, it goes a long way towards making the patient's life tolerable. To be adequate or helpful for a significant amount of time. This new law will go a long way in addressing this issue. Thank you for your generous donation; I'm sure it will go a long way. go the distance (idiomatic, by extension) to manage to continue until the end of a competition. To have the endurance to see a difficult, sustained challenge to its natural end without faltering. If you go the distance in a race or sports competition, you continue running or playing until the end of the race or match. More riders than ever are now determined to go the distance. I. to continue doing what is necessary until you achieve your goal She's a singer with the talent and determination to go the distance. II. to compete in a race or game until the end, continuing to try to win. Do you think he's fit enough to go the distance? 7. 加油站应该付钱后再挪车, 而不是加油挪车付钱: dawdle [ˈdɔd(ə)l] 磨蹭, 不慌不忙的, 不着急不着慌的, 拖拖拉拉的, 拖延, 拖时间, 磨磨唧唧的, 磨磨蹭蹭的. to go somewhere, or to do something, so slowly that people become annoyed with you. If someone is inching their car closer and closer I dawdle, take my time and give them a smile and wave as I slowly return to my car. If you dawdle, you spend more time than is necessary going somewhere. Eleanor will be back any moment, if she doesn't dawdle. They dawdled arm in arm past the shopfronts. If you dawdle over something, you spend more time than is necessary doing something. He got fed up as bank staff dawdled over cashing him a cheque. ...pals who dawdle over coffee. Drivers should not use the [petrol] service station forecourt as a rat run. rat run 小道, 近道 a minor, typically residential street used by drivers during peak periods to avoid congestion on main roads. "our road was used as a rat run between two main roads". Rat running or rodent running or cut-through driving is the practice by motorists of using residential side streets or any unintended short cut such as a parking lot, delivery service lane or cemetery road instead of the intended main road in urban or suburban areas. clear run 畅通无阻 a situation in which you can continue without anyone or anything stopping your progress. Her opponent's withdrawal gives her a clear run for the nomination. I had a clear run to the work this morning. close-run 势均力敌的, 难分伯仲的 won or decided by a very small distance, or number of points, votes, etc.: a close-run competition/contest/decision/race. It was a close-run thing and Millar had to endure a five-minute wait before the judges decided that he had won. run-of-the-mill 普普通通的 A run-of-the-mill person or thing is very ordinary, with no special or interesting features. [disapproval] I was just a very average run-of-the-mill kind of student. For many they clearly represent an alternative to run-of-the-mill estate cars. run the show If you say that someone is running the show, you mean that they are in control or in charge of a situation. They made it clear who is now running the show. There's some serious problems with the way the state's leadership has been running the show. 8. landscape noun I. [countable] an area of land that is beautiful to look at or that has a particular type of appearance. a green, rural landscape. the rugged landscape of the high sierra (mountain range 山脉 in california). The landscape is everything you can see when you look across an area of land, including hills, rivers, buildings, trees, and plants. ...Arizona's desert landscape. We moved to Northamptonshire and a new landscape of hedges and fields. II. a painting of an area of land. A landscape is a painting which shows a scene in the countryside. an exhibition of Paul Gunn's most recent landscapes 山水画. III. [singular] the main features of a situation or activity. The 1990s saw the political landscape radically reshaped. A landscape is all the features that are important in a particular situation. June's events completely altered the political landscape 版图. ...a landscape of unparalleled ignorance. IV. [uncountable] a way of arranging a page so that its long sides are at the top and bottom. The other way of arranging a page, with the short sides at the top and bottom, is called portrait. landscape verb. to make a piece of land more attractive by adding plants, paths, or other features. If an area of land is landscaped, it is changed to make it more attractive, for example by adding streams or ponds and planting trees and bushes. The gravel pits have been landscaped and planted to make them attractive to wildfowl. They had landscaped their property with trees, shrubs, and lawns. ...a smart suburb of landscaped gardens and wide streets. The landowner insisted on a high standard of landscaping. landscape gardening the profession or activity of landscaping. landscaping I. the development of a piece of land by adding plants and other features to make it more attractive. suburban homes with a lot of landscaping. II. the profession or activity of making an area of land or a garden more attractive by planting trees and adding special features. Someone who does this is called a landscaper. a blot on the landscape 煞风景的建筑 something that makes a place look less attractive, for example an ugly building. a blot 污点 on something something that spoils someone's reputation, or spoils the appearance of something. This is a serious blot on your career. blot your copybook to do something that spoils your good reputation, for example at work. blot up to remove liquid from the surface of something using a piece of paper or cloth. Blot up any excess lipstick with a paper tissue. blot out I. to cover something so that you can no longer see it. Dark clouds overhead had blotted out 遮住, 遮挡 the sun. II. to forget something unpleasant, or to make someone forget an unpleasant memory or feeling. She tried hard to blot out the bitter memories of the divorce.

 The politician S1E2: 0. Ray the technician's full name is Ray Callawalich. He's been working at the lab at the children's hospital for the last six years, which, as far as I can tell, is the longest he's held down any job, though he owes them his loyalty because they seem unperturbed 不在乎的, 不在意的, 不介意的 by the fact that he was arrested for wire fraud in the late 90s and never charged. Wire fraud? It gets grosser. He has all of four friends on Facebook, two are Infinity and her grandmother, the other two are Legoland and Mrs. Fields Cookies. And he posted eight hours ago that he's, quote, "Excited," but he misspelled excited, "to go to Atlantis," misspelled Atlantis, "with my dear fiend Infinity and her grandmother," end quote. And he tried tagging Infinity, but he ended up tagging an Infinity SUV in the background. What's Atlantis? Wait, are you serious? Oh, of course, you're too rich. It's amazing, it's like the best resort ever. That is, if you like waterslides, but come on, I mean, they have this waterslide that goes underwater with, like, sharks and stuff. Anyway, don't you think it's weird that this dimwitted lab technician would be, like, best friends with a patient at his hospital? You have a theory? Munchausen by proxy (MSbP also known as Factitious Disorder Imposed on Another) 通过让别人装病 ( Munchausen's syndrome 夸张行为, 夸大其词, 假病, 装病博取同情, 装病博眼球 [ˈmʌntʃaʊzənz] a condition in which someone pretends to have a serious illness in order to get treatment and sympathy from medical workers. Trisha has Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP), a recognised mental illness that sees caregivers – usually mothers – fabricate or exaggerate illness in a child. "She would withhold his food and I believe she was also overdosing him on asthma and anti-seizure medication to induce symptoms," Mrs Walker, a 57-year-old Californian said. "Eventually I started seeing red flags, little things not adding up, but it wasn't until my second grandchild Arianna started getting sick that my eyes were fully opened." Fabricating illness in her second child would be Trisha's downfall 露馅. Munchausen by Internet  = MBI when people fake serious illness for themselves or their relatives on Internet forums, chatrooms, etc. Some psychiatrists have started using the term Münchausen by internet (MBI) to describe this behaviour. Munchausen: Baron (Karl Friedrich Hieronymus von Münchhausen) 1720-97; Ger. soldier & adventurer known for his exaggerated tales of his exploits, esp. as collected by Rudolf Erich Raspe (1737-94), Ger. writer in England. ). She's making Infinity sick. Oh, come on. Grandmother's on the take (on the fiddle) and co-opted a dimwitted lab technician, bribing him with vacations and cruises and God knows what else so she can tinker with 篡改 Infinity's medical records. This seems impossible to prove. It's totally possible to prove. We host a blood drive, get a sample, test it independently. Don't look at me like that. We'll make it a campaign event, a statement saying that ignorance about HIV has no place in our society and anyone at our school who wants to can donate blood, including gays and Haitians. I'll set it up, it'll be a slam dunk. There aren't any Haitians at this school. There's one. Pierre. We'll nail down the gay vote and the Haitian vote. Literally the Haitian vote. That's right. One more thing, we don't tell James why we're doing the blood drive. Why not? He's trigger happy about dumping Infinity. This might send him over the edge. He'd probably end up firing her himself. Maybe this could be nothing. Maybe this guy's just a wall-eyed ( I.  having one or both eyes with a whitish iris or white, opaque cornea. II. having eyes that turn outward, showing more white than is normal, because of divergent strabismus. III. having leukoma of the cornea. IV.  having large, glossy eyes. said of some fishes. V. having or characterized by crazed, glaring eyes. ) creep who likes hanging out with teenagers and their grandmothers at theme parks and it ends there. Until we know for sure, we keep this between us, okay? Okay. Great. 1. blood drive 鲜血大会 An activity, usually charitable, in which persons are requested to donate blood, either to maintain a general supply or in response to a specific shortage or emergency. A blood donation occurs when a person voluntarily has blood drawn and used for transfusions and/or made into biopharmaceutical medications by a process called fractionation (separation of whole-blood components). Donation may be of whole blood, or of specific components directly (the latter called apheresis). Blood banks often participate in the collection process as well as the procedures that follow it. An event where donors come to donate allogeneic blood is sometimes called a 'blood drive' or a 'blood donor session'. These can occur at a blood bank, but they are often set up at a location in the community such as a shopping center, workplace, school, or house of worship. food drive 食物捐赠会 A charity event dedicated to collecting food for the poor, especially to assist their ability to hold a feast on a holiday such as Christmas or Thanksgiving. toy drive A charity event dedicated to collecting Christmas presents for poor children. 2. Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSP) -- or Munchausen by proxy -- is a psychological disorder marked by attention-seeking behavior by a caregiver through those who are in their care. MSP is a relatively rare behavioral disorder. It affects a primary caretaker, often the mother. The person with MSP gains attention by seeking medical help for exaggerated or made-up symptoms of a child in his or her care. As health care providers strive to identify what's causing the child's symptoms, the deliberate actions of the mother or caretaker can often make the symptoms worse. The person with MSP does not seem to be motivated by a desire for any type of material gain. While health care providers are often unable to identify the specific cause of the child's illness, they may not suspect the mother or caretaker of doing anything to harm the child. In fact the caregiver often appears to be very loving and caring and extremely distraught over her child's illness. People with MSP may create or exaggerate a child's symptoms in several ways. They may simply lie about symptoms, alter tests (such as contaminating a urine sample), falsify medical records, or they may actually induce symptoms through various means, such as poisoning, suffocating, starving, and causing infection. Factitious ( [fækˈtɪʃəs] I. 人为的. 人造的. artificial rather than natural. factitious demands created by the mass media. II. not genuine; sham. factitious enthusiasm. ) disorder imposed on another (FDIA), also known as Munchausen syndrome by proxy (MSbP), is a condition where a caregiver creates the appearance of health problems in another person, typically their child. This may include injuring the child or altering test samples. They then present the person as being sick or injured. This occurs without a specific benefit to the caregiver. Permanent injury or death of the child may occur. The cause is unknown. The primary motive may be to gain attention.[4] Risk factors include pregnancy related complications, and a mother who was abused as a child or has factitious disorder imposed on self. Diagnosis is supported when removing the child from the caregiver results in improvement of symptoms or video surveillance without the knowledge of the caregiver finds concerns. Those affected have been subjected to a form of physical abuse and medical neglect. Management may require putting the child in foster care. Therapy may help when the caregiver realizes they need help. How commonly it occurs is unknown, however, it appears to be relatively rare. More than 95% of cases involve a person's mother. The condition was first named in 1977 by Roy Meadow. The presence of the disorder may indicate criminal behavior. 3. slam dunk I. If you say that something is a slam dunk, you mean that a success or victory will be easily achieved. [informal] So it's an easy decision. It's a slam dunk. II. In basketball, a slam dunk is a shot in which a player jumps up and forces the ball through the basket. ...a series of spectacular slam dunks. 4. In that moment, when all I could feel was gratitude for the gift that is life, I saw him sitting there alone performing this simple, loving gesture, and I knew I had been wrong about him all this time. He tried telling me about how Martin and Luther had behaved during my coma, but I didn't believe him. How could I? My own sons? So he hatched a plan to prove it to me. No! He laid the trap with the boys. The hopes of my recovery would be the bait. You're upset. My goodness. Well, of course you would be. Our sons tried to murder me. Honestly, that's not what's bumming me out ( make someone feel annoyed, upset, or disappointed. to make someone feel sad or disappointed: That comment just bummed me out. "I was assigned the day shift, which bummed me out"). Patricide [ˈpætrɪsaɪd] 弑父 is so on-brand 符合特质的, 符合个性的 (helping a company present the image of itself and its products that it wants to present. conforming to the image or identity that a particular company seeks to associate with its products or services. "ensure that your content is relevant and on-brand". It is better to recruit people who are naturally on-brand, than spend time and energy realigning them with the brand goals. We have an on-brand internal culture. off-brand I. not having a well-known brand name (= the name given to a product by the company that makes it): Many teenagers wouldn't consider off-brand sneakers. Your basic computer operating system is compatible with almost any piece of off-brand software you download. II. not helping a company present the image of itself and its products that it wants to present: One of the likely times to be off-brand is when customers voice complaints. They will help your staff develop a better sense of what it means to be on-brand or off-brand.) for the twins. I don't think they would've been able to go through with it. Martin certainly wouldn't have been able to. Mmm. It's Payton. That kind of duplicity [duˈplɪsəti] ( dishonest behavior that is intended to trick someone. If you accuse someone of duplicity, you mean that they are deceitful. [formal] Malcolm believed he was guilty of duplicity in his private dealings.). It's a terrible quality 不是好事, 不是好品质 in a man. Payton saved me, and I'm gonna make sure he's repaid. But I have conditions. You will have to end it with Brigitte. buttmunch (slang, derogatory) Term of abuse 骂人话, 骂人用词. A contemptible fellow, used as an insult. One who is stupid or irritating. Ugh, don't even listen to that guy, he's such a buttmunch. a despised male. (Usually objectionable.) You dumb butt-munch! Why did you do that? A Butt-munch is someone who wears trousers so tight that it appears as if the material is getting munched up between their ass-cheeks on the way to be swallowed up by their anus. A Butt-munch is also an idiot, general term of abuse used to describe a fool. A Buttmunch is an arse-lick or a lickspittle. A person who sucks up to people in positions of power for personal gain or simply to ingratiate themselves. 5. I'm sorry, I don't understand. How did I get off of the waitlist? Have people that got in, they dropped out? Or ? No. Are you familiar with the Slavic languages department? Our research has determined that Slavic languages, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian, for example, are going to be an area of value for our graduates in the near future. And that is where you come in. An extended department is not an inexpensive undertaking. We need to hire staff, create new software, curriculum, uh, build a new facility. I see. So, you would like me to pay for that as my price of admission? Well, your family. We assume they're still in charge of all funds. They've been extremely generous in the past. Your brothers were not nearly the applicants you are. Gentlemen, I'm sorry, I can't do that. I need to be accepted on my merits. This is not the first time this sort of thing's been done. No, I know. Right? Everyone knows. When you arrive on campus with the same last name as one of the buildings, people can do the math. Well, if the notoriety is a problem, we can make the donation anonymous. No, that only works if you live a life without distinction 平淡的人生, 默默无闻的人生. I'm going to be running for president. This will be weaponized against me. Payton Hobart wasn't good enough then, and he's not good enough now. You have a week to reconsider. You're not the only applicant on the waitlist with money. Just the one with the most of it. 6. It's a pleasure to see you again, Mr. Hobart, though a phone call certainly would have been sufficient. Well, it seemed to me that this warranted 足够, 够得上, 值得 meeting face-to-face. Uh It's a bit of an understatement to say that circumstances have changed for me. I've recently been made the sole benefactor of my family's fortune. Upon my father's death, I will inherit several billion dollars and become one of the richest people in the country. Well, that's wonderful news. Does that mean that you have come to a decision with regard to our offer? Oh, so, you mean, your offer allowing me to buy my way into Harvard? Oh, well, we don't look at it that way. This is just how these things are done. We are arguably the most prestigious institution in the world. Full stop. A Harvard education can hardly be quantified. You guys, you've really screwed the pooch on this one. I beg your pardon? Well, if you had just accepted my application instead of extorting me, you would've gotten ten times that. Now, don't get me wrong, I do want a building on this campus with my name on it. About 500 yards from here on the north bank of the Charles, that's where I'm going to break ground 破土动工 on my presidential library. On the day that I become a private citizen after my second term in office. A second term that I will have won in a landslide.  You see, gentlemen, I'm gonna be President of the United States. Now, I don't say that to impress you or to seem terribly precocious(A precocious child is very clever, mature, or good at something, often in a way that you usually only expect to find in an adult. Margaret was always a precocious child. She burst on to the world tennis scene as a precocious 14-year old. Despite her precocious talent for music and art, she failed both subjects at school. He was a precociously bright school boy.), I'm merely stating a fact. I will be president someday because I will stop at nothing. You're aware that I've been accepted at Yale, Stanford, and Princeton without pulling any strings or buying any buildings. So why not go to one of those schools? Well, see, now I really should be asking you that question, because the choice is gonna be up to you. Politics isn't about policies, a candidate is elected on a story. And the story I want to tell is that I went to Harvard. Now if you don't let me in on my merits and my merits alone, then the story I tell will be about how I was rejected from Harvard. And that's the story I'll tell when I'm dedicating my billion-dollar presidential library in Palo Alto. Or Princeton. Or New Haven. I'm serious. The choice is yours. You get to decide what my story will be. Honestly, I'll be fine either way.

 tamper VS tinker VS fiddle (tinker 和 fiddle 在捣鼓东西上是一样的): 1. tamper with something 篡改, 非法动过 to touch something that you should not touch, and to change it in some way, often because you want to spoil it. If someone tampers with something, they interfere with it or try to change it when they have no right to do so. I don't want to be accused of tampering with the evidence. He found his computer had been tampered with. ...discovering a motive for a crime like product tampering. It was clear that someone had tampered with the computer. the possibility that evidence might be tampered with. 2. tinker I. 微调. 稍加改动. 修修补补. If you tinker with something, you make some small changes to it, in an attempt to improve it or repair it. I wish the government would stop tinkering with the health service. Instead of the Government admitting its error, it just tinkered with the problem. They tinkered with the engine. It is not enough to tinker at the edges; we must reconstruct the entire system. No amount of tinkering is going to improve matters. I'll just have a tinker with the TV and see if I can get it to work. to make small changes to something in order to improve or repair it. He spends hours tinkering around with car engines. Problems can arise when management structures are tinkered with. noun. I. In former times, a tinker was a person who did not have a fixed home, but travelled from place to place mending metal pots and doing other small repair jobs. in the past, a man who travelled from place to place repairing metal objects such as pans. II. British offensive an insulting word for a person who lives and travels around in a caravan. Some people refer to any traveller or gipsy, especially one who is Irish, as a tinker. III. British informal a young child who behaves badly. You tinker, Nicky, you shouldn't have done that. Don't be such a tinker. not give a tinker's cuss UK old-fashioned informal (US not give a tinker's damn) to not be interested in or worried about something or someone: I couldn't give a tinker's cuss about what they think. 3. fiddle I. 拨弄. 无聊的拨弄. If you fiddle with an object, you keep moving it or touching it with your fingers. Harriet fiddled with a pen on the desk. to touch or move something with many small quick movements of your fingers because you are bored, nervous, or concentrating on something else. fiddle with: She fiddled with her napkin, avoiding his eyes. II. If you fiddle with something, you change it in minor ways. She told Whistler that his portrait of her was finished and to stop fiddling with it. III. If you fiddle with a machine, you adjust it. He turned on the radio and fiddled with the knob until he got a talk show. to touch, move, or change something many times in order to improve it or make it work better Kay was fiddling with the radio dial. IV. If someone fiddles financial documents, they alter them dishonestly so that they get money for themselves. [British, informal] He's been fiddling the books. Stop fiddling your expenses account. to produce false results or records, in order to get money or other benefits. They all fiddle their taxes. fiddle the figures/books/accounts: They accuse the government of fiddling the unemployment figures. noun I. A fiddle is a dishonest action or scheme in which someone gets money for themselves. [British, informal] Police investigating a £10 million car insurance fiddle arrested 16 people yesterday. ...legitimate businesses that act as covers for tax fiddles. II. If something is a fiddle, it is quite difficult to do because it involves small or complicated objects. [British, informal] I found out how to fix the tray on–a bit of a fiddle. III. Some people call violins fiddles, especially when they are used to play folk music. Hardy as a young man played the fiddle at local dances. fiddle while Rome burns to be busy doing unimportant things when you should be dealing with an important problem. fit as a fiddle very fit He was as fit as a fiddle right up to the time he died. play second fiddle to someone to be less important or less powerful than someone else We played second fiddle to Portadown the entire match. on the fiddle If someone is on the fiddle, they get money by doing illegal or dishonest things. be on the take 受贿, 收贿 someone in an official position who is on the take is accepting bribes (=money in return for doing something wrong) It turned out the police officer was on the take. 4. tinker 的四个用例: a. 作为爱好喜欢捣鼓钟表 So, imagine that you're grandfather is, like, really really intensely interested in clocks, old antique clocks. So, he collects, maybe they're not always in mint condition, maybe they're not always perfect, they don't work very well, and he has no real training in how to repair these things, but all the same, he likes to play around with the clocks and the mechanisms in the clocks. He likes to fiddle with them. You could say, "He likes TO TINKER WITH his clocks. He likes TINKERING WITH his clocks. He likes to go and have A TINKER with his clocks on weekends." You know, it's his hobby, just to play with the clocks, to adjust them. Maybe some of them are broken and he tries to repair them. He likes TO TINKER WITH clocks. b. 喜欢捣鼓汽车 Another example could be that you are a mechanic and you love building cars. So, you may not necessarily be a mechanic in a sense that it is your career, but say you're just… It's your hobby. You've always loved cars, you love building cars from scratch, you love making the engines and then finally getting the car on the road and going for a drive. It's your passion. You've got a garage at home with all your tools on the walls, you know, you've got oil pans on the ground to catch the oil if it starts leaking from the cars. Any time that you go into the garage to build your car, to try and repair the cars, to fiddle with the engine, to make adjustments, any time you go in there and have a play, have a fiddle, you could say that you're having A TINKER. So, there's the noun, to have A TINKER. You're TINKERING WITH the car, you're having A TINKER WITH the car, the engine, parts of the car, whatever it is that you're fiddling with. You could say you're having A TINKER WITH it. Or you could use it as a verb and you could say "I am TINKERING WITH the car. I am TINKERING WITH the engine. I'm TINKERING WITH the parts. I'm having a play. I'm having a fiddle." c. 机器坏了, 捣鼓洗碗机, 试图修理 The third example could be that say, you're at home, you're trying to cook one day and you got the dishes in the dishwasher running. They're cleaning, the water's going inside the dishwasher and all of a sudden you hear some clunking and then the dishwasher stops working. And your dad runs out and he's like, "Ah! I got this. I'll fix this. It's fine, it's fine!" He gets in behind the dishwasher, you know, (he) pulls it out. (He) tries to get in there and have a fiddle to see if he can fix the dishwasher and get it to keep working again obviously. Maybe he wants to do this because he wants to save money and not have to pay for a repairman to come out, because it's expensive to pay a repairman to come out to fix the dishwasher. Maybe he's afraid he's going to be told, "You're going to have to buy a new dishwasher. This one's kaput, it's broken." And so, he gets in behind the dishwasher and he has A TINKER or he's TINKERING AWAY behind the dishwasher. He's trying to repair things, he's trying to find the problem, he's having a fiddle with the dishwasher, he's playing around, he's adjusting things, he's hoping that he finds the fault or the problem but ultimately he has no skill when it comes to repairing dishwashers, and it's a clumsy kind of effort to try and fix it with no real result. And so, that's when you can say, "He's TINKERING AWAY" as he's doing it, "He's TINKERING AWAY" or "He's having A TINKER behind the dishwasher trying to fix it." SO, that's example number three, TO TINKER WITH the dishwasher or to have A TINKER WITH the dishwasher. d. 政府不断的修改健保计划 So, the fourth example that I've got here is, imagine that your government is trying to set up a really nice healthcare system. And so, it implements some kind of strategy initially to try and improve the health care system of the country, but it's unsatisfied with the initial setup and it keeps making changes to how the healthcare system that they have implemented is setup. You know, how much things cost, how much funding it's getting, how many people are hired and working in this area, whatever it is. If they keep making changes, in terms of this it's not a machine, it's not a device or a gadget, it's a system, some kind of setup that is not necessarily a physical thing. If they keep making those adjustments, they keep playing around with how it's setup, they keep fiddling with it, you could say, "They're TINKERING WITH it." So, they're playing with it, they're trying to fix it, they don't really know what they're doing ultimately, they're just trying to make changes and then hope that things work better or that they repair, that they get better, that they work more efficiently. So, then you could say that the government is TINKERING WITH their healthcare system strategy. They're having A TINKER with it, they're playing with it, they're not really sure what they're doing, it's a little unskillful, it's a little clumsy. And so, they're having A TINKER WITH it. tinker away at something: TO TINKER AWAY AT something. I haven't looked up the specific reason that English speakers use AWAY. And so, at the moment when I try and explain this it's just off the top of my head, I'm just thinking of it as I make this video. But I think whenever you do something and then have a AWAY after the verb, so if you're WORKING AWAY, if you're RUNNING AWAY, not in the sense of escaping but you're running a lot, it's that idea of that you're in the process of doing it. So, if you're TINKERING AWAY WITH something it means that when someone says you're TINKERING AWAY WITH it, you're in the process of doing it right then and there. So, when someone's saying that you're literally doing it, you're in the process of TINKERING AWAY. So, it means you're TINKERING AWAY. So, what else is another example? I'm WORKING AWAY AT my podcast at the moment. I'm WORKING AWAY, I'm TALKING AWAY, 'cause I'm currently talking. If I'm TINKERING AWAY, if I was fiddling with the camera and trying to do stuff right now in the video you could say I was TINKERING AWAY WITH the camera, WITH the microphone. So, that's that sort of idea of you're literally doing it as we speak, you're in the process of doing it. That is when you'll add AWAY after verbs like TO TINKER AWAY, TO WORK AWAY, TO TALK AWAY, TO PLAY AWAY, TO RUN AWAY. In that sense, it means to be doing it right then and there.

Big Bang Theory s08e14 Episode Script The Troll Manifestation

So, tell me about your day-- how's it going with the particle detector? Wow! You remember that? Yeah, I listen to what you say. You're building a particle detector using superfluid helium. You know, when you talk like that, I want to take you right here on this table. And you know from past experience 以往的经验 this table cannot support both our weight. So, how's the detector going? Well, it's tricky working with superfluids (Superfluidity is the characteristic property of a fluid with zero viscosity [vɪˈskɒsɪti] 密度 which therefore flows without loss of kinetic energy. When stirred, a superfluid forms cellular vortices that continue to rotate indefinitely.). Whatever container you put them in, they kind of creep up the sides and crawl out all on their own. Kind of like Sheldon's ant farm. Exactly, except you don't have a lunatic running around, yelling, "I fed you 给你喂过, 喂过你了 sugar water, why are you biting me?" Come on, this is boring-- you really want to talk about this? No, I do. I didn't write "superfluid helium" on this napkin for nothing. Okay, well This is cool. Uh, there's a thing called "superfluid vacuum theory", where empty space is imagined as a superfluid with all of its qualities 特性-- viscosity, density, surface tension. Hey, if you're pausing for dramatic effect, I'd keep it moving. No, no. People don't talk about surface tension. If you imagine our three-space as the surface of an N-dimensional superfluid bubble. This is exciting. This is really exciting. I have to go find Sheldon. Okay, well, if you find him, use the kitchen island-- that coffee table will not support both of you. Which means a spherical multidimensional superfluid shows the same negative-energy density as space-time. So what do you think? What do you think? So what do you think? Hmm What? Is it wrong? Have you seen it somewhere else? Hmm I know this isn't my area, and I could never do the math like you can, but could this be something? Well (sighs (stammers) You could have set Newton's gravitational constant to one. And, ugh, the whole thing reeks of blueberry. You know I can't stand these scented markers. No one told you to taste them. Come on, is this good or not? (sighs deeply) It's good. Really? I like it. I think you're on to something. You do? You're not messing with me? Not at all. In fact, I have got something for just such an occasion. I was starting to think I might never get a chance to give it to you. Good job. You're giving me a sticker? Not just a sticker. That is a sticker of a kitty saying, "Me-wow!" I'm not a preschooler. (stammers) Fine, I'll take it back. I earned this! Back off! You're still awake? For a man whose last observation was our universe may be the surface of a multidimensional supercooled liquid, "you're still awake" seems like quite the sophomore slump ( sophomoric [ˌsɑfəˈmɔrɪk] = sophomorical [ˌsɒfəˈmɒrɪkəl] 幼稚的. 年少无知的. 乳臭未干的. 不知天高地厚的, 初生牛犊不怕虎的, 大无畏的 silly in a way that is typical of a child. of or relating to a person who is overconfident with his or her knowledge despite being uninformed. Even humour that is puerile or sophomoric requires craft and a nuanced intelligence to get it right. sophomoric humor. An underqualified Michael Pitt plays a brilliant research scientist in this emotionally sophomoric drama. a. conceited and overconfident of knowledge but poorly informed and immature. b. pretentious; inflated in style or manner. sophomoric affectation. puerile [ˈpjʊrəl] like a silly young person, or like something they would say or do. puerile nonsense. A sophomore slump or sophomore jinx or sophomore jitters refers to an instance in which a second, or sophomore, effort fails to live up to the relatively high standards of the first effort. It is commonly used to refer to the apathy of students (second year of high school, college or university), the performance of athletes (second season of play), singers/bands (second album), television shows (second seasons), films and video games (sequels/prequels). In the United Kingdom, the "sophomore slump" is more commonly referred to as "second year blues", particularly when describing university students. In Australia, it is known as "second year syndrome", and is particularly common when referring to professional athletes who have a mediocre second season following a stellar debut. The phenomenon of a "sophomore slump" can be explained psychologically, where earlier success has a reducing effect on the subsequent effort, but it can also be explained statistically, as an effect of the regression towards the mean 泯然众人. In statistics, regression toward (or to) the mean is the phenomenon that arises if a random variable is extreme on its first measurement but closer to the mean or average on its second measurement and if it is extreme on its second measurement but closer to the average on its first. To avoid making incorrect inferences, regression toward the mean must be considered when designing scientific experiments and interpreting data. Historically, what is now called regression toward the mean has also been called reversion to the mean and reversion to mediocrity. ). You worked out all the math. Oh, I did more than work out all the math. I wrote a paper. You wrote a paper on my idea? I wrote a paper on our idea. When did my idea become our idea? When I mixed it with Sheldony goodness and cooked it in the Easy-Bake Oven of my mind. This is good. Our idea is really good. Well, the lightbulb in this oven is ridiculously bright. You know, if no one's thought of this, yet, this could be a big deal. Only way we'll know for sure is if we post it online to the pre-print server. I have it ready to go, but I wasn't gonna do it without you. Wow, it's all happening so fast. Should we just sleep on it? We could, but we always run the risk of someone else beating us to the punch( beat someone to the punch 早了一步, 抢先一步, 领先, 抢占先机 to manage to do or say something before someone else does it. To do something before somebody else is able to. I was planning to take care of the problem for him, but he beat me to the punch and did it himself. He wanted to ask Mary to dance, but Ron beat him to the punch.). You're sure it's good? My name is right on there with yours. That is a surefire mark of quality. That might as well say "Directed by Joss Whedon". Okay, partner, let's do it. Come on. Click the mouse with me. One two three BOTH: Click. Well, we did it. Yes, we did, my friend. Is your tongue blue? I don't want to talk about it. Okay, movie night -- what do you want to watch? Whatever happened to that ape movie you were in? Oh, God. Probably nothing. I think I saw the director twirling a sign outside the Verizon store. Search for it. PENNY: Wha no. No! Why? 'Cause it would be fun to watch. It would be humiliating. Well, now we have two reasons. They have it. Please, can we watch it? (sighs) Please? Fine, but I'm telling you-- it's terrible. Have you even seen it? No. Well, maybe it turned out better than you think. (bike bell rings on TV) MAN: Bananas, get your fresh bananas. (laughing): It really didn't. Sheldon, this is superfluid helium. Put this in your mouth, your tongue will freeze and break off. Does it smell like blueberries? No. Then we're probably okay. Hey, your paper got mentioned on the Quantum Diaries physics blog. (gasps) Really? What'd they say? Uh, it's basically a summary of the theory, but there's a bunch of positive comments on the message board. Let me see, let me see. One calls it "insightful and innovative". We're insightful and innovative. Ooh, nice to meet you, Mr. Insightful. Oh, the pleasure is mine, Mr. Innovative. Uh, another one says, "The concept shows some real out-of-the-box thinking". Do you hear that, Mr. Out-Of-The? I do, indeed, Mr. Box-Thinking. How are you today, Mr. Can-You-Believe-These-Jack-Asses? Just dandy, Mr. I-Wish-I-Was- Better-At-Improv. Read another one. Okay, okay. Uh "The analogy between space-time and a supercooled fluid is either meaningless or false". "I wish this blog would devote itself to real science "instead of wasting our time with crackpot, wannabe theoreticians in a rush to publish". Who wrote that? It's anonymous, and user name "General Relativity. " Well I'm responding to it. Uh, don't lower yourself to their level. Look, I am simply going to defend our work, scientist to scientist. And failing that 不管用的话, 这个没有用的话, 没用的话, 没效果的话, suggest that his mother enjoys a string of both human and non-human lovers. Sheldon, my name's on that paper, too. There's no upside 没用任何好处, 没有意义 to doing this ( upside 好处 the advantage of a situation: It's annoying that we can't travel until Thursday, but the upside is that tickets are cheaper then.). He just left another comment. What does it say? "Upon review, I've changed my mind about "the Cooper-Hofstadter hypothesis "that space-time is like a superfluid. In fact, "it's inspired me to come up with my own theory. "Maybe space-time is like two clowns "with their heads in a bucket, much like Cooper and Hofstadter. " Can I respond now? Do it. You mess with the bull, you get the horns. I'm about to show this guy just how horny I can be. Somebody else do it. PENNY (on TV): Doctor, please help me. I think I might be turning into a killer gorilla. DOCTOR: Why do you think you're turning into a killer gorilla and not just a regular gorilla? PENNY: Because regular gorillas are vegetarians, and I just bit the fingers off your receptionist! (Penny screeching like an ape; chaotic clattering) Okay, we've seen plenty. No! Give me the remote. Careful. She'll bite your fingers off. Okay, well, I've been poking around the internet(poke around 瞎翻, 四处瞎找. to search for something by moving things around, usually not in a very careful or organized way: I was poking around in the drawer, looking for the key, when I found this!), and I think I found something we'll enjoy watching even more. What is it? Oh, just a video of Bernadette in a beauty pageant. What?! Okay, I learned my lesson. Making fun of people is wrong! I haven't learned my lesson. Play it! Play it! (applause) Hi. I'm Bernadette Maryann Rostenkowski from Yorba Linda, California. (laughing): You look like a talking 会说话的 cupcake! And you should pick me for Miss California Quiznos (rhythmically): Tell you what I want, what I really really want I'll tell you what I want, what I really really want I wanna, I wanna, I wanna, I wanna Really, really, really be Miss California Quiznos 1999! Play it again! Play it again! (laughing) KOOTHRAPPALI: Did he respond yet? Hmm. No, not yet. Well, maybe we shouldn't have sunk to his level. It wasn't that bad. Read it back one more time. (clears throat) "My good sir, we are neither crackpots nor wannabes. "In fact, we are experts in our fields. "And while you hide behind your anonymity, "we stand behind our paper. And later tonight, your mother". And you don't think that's too rough? We're just standing behind her. It's not like we're gonna say "boo" and scare her. How could you not tell us you were in beauty pageants? 'Cause it's embarrassing. (laughing): It is; it truly is. Yeah, well Amy writes Little House on the Prairie fan fiction about herself and posts it on the Internet. No! Why? What did I do?! Sorry, I had to get the spotlight off me, and tearing down other women is part of my pageant training. Okay. We are reading that right now. No, please don't. We got embarrassed tonight. Come on. But it's personal. Why? Is it about you and Sheldon? (chuckles): No. Oh, my God, it's about her and Sheldon. It's not about me and Sheldon. It's about a young woman in the 1800s named Amelia and the time-traveling physicist named Cooper she falls in love with. Please show us? Please? No. You know I'm gonna read it either way. AMY (scoffs): Good luck finding it. (gasps) Amelia and the time-trav Found it! (chuckles) "It was just past dawn on the prairie, "and like every morning, "Amelia prepared to do her chores. Except something about this morning felt different." Why? Why did it feel different? "Maybe it was the first whisper of winter in the air, "or maybe it was the unconscious handsome man "with porcelain skin and curious clothing "she was about to discover lying in the field. "A man who would open her mind "to new possibilities and her body to new feelings. " (Penny and Bernadette squealing) You know, there was a time when I was alone and had no friends. I'm starting to miss that. He still hasn't responded. What's taking him so long? Do you really want him to write back? Yeah, I do. No matter how he responds, I am going to destroy him with a picture of a bored cat saying, "Oh, really?" Me-wow. What are you doing? I've, uh, created some other user accounts so I can post positive comments about their paper. "This wee li'l bairn of a theory nearly blew my kilt off"? No. You have to read it how Dr. Angus McDoogal of the University of Edinburgh would. (Scottish accent): "This wee li'l bairn of a theory nearly blew me kilt off. " (gasps) He wrote back! "Cooper and Hofstadter resorting to juvenile attempts at humor is proof they have nothing to back up their ridiculous paper. It should come as no surprise given they work at Cal Tech, essentially a technical school, where even the physicists are basically engineers."(gasps) "Engineers"! Do you know how insulting that is? Yes. Guys, this person's just going out of their way to get a rise out of you ( get a rise out of someone to make someone react angrily by saying something that will annoy them. Steve always manages to get a rise out of me with his racist jokes. Ignore him, he's just trying to get a rise out of you. ). Yeah, but it's still so aggravating. Yeah, well, all the other comments said really nice things. Focus on those. Yeah. Dr. Dmitri Plancovik of Moscow University said, (Russian accent): "Dis paper great. I love it more than 'wodka. ". See? Better with the accent. SHELDON: And send. What did you write? I'm done hiding from bullies. I'm taking this into the real world. What does that mean? I told him we'll meet him face-to-face anytime, anywhere. Are you crazy? You don't know who this person is. Delete that! Come on, Sheldon! Oh, okay, okay, calm down. (electronic tones play) (gasps) It's him! He's trying to video chat. Perhaps I shouldn't have taken this into the real world. Oh, really? PENNY: "'Time travel? I don't understand,' "said Amelia. Cooper stared at her. 'Which word don't you understand, time or travel?'" Wow, even in your fantasies Sheldon's kind of exhausting. He's like that in the beginning, so she can change him. It's called good writing. And wishful thinking. "It stung Amelia "when he spoke to her this way. "In her little one-room schoolhouse, "she was always the smartest student, "regularly besting the boys in her class, "but this was no boy in front of her-- "this was a man. Here we go. "Cooper told Amelia "about all the strange and incredible things "the future would hold, like computers "and living past 30. "He asked her if she had any questions. "All she longed to ask was "if his heart was beating as fast as hers, "but she was too afraid to hear the answer. " Oh, Amelia. "So instead she asked if, in the future, Montana ever became a state." In the 1800s that was considered flirting. I'm so sick of people being mean on the Internet. Well, I think the anonymity makes everyone feel like they can say things they'd never say to your face. Interesting. I can't think of a single thing I wouldn't say to someone's face. Never noticed that about you. You know what? At least you guys did something. You know, you had a theory, you wrote a paper, you made an actual contribution. All guys like this do is just tear down other people's work. He's right. I say we call this person back. We've got no reason to hide. All right, do it. Call him. Let's find out what this loser's ever accomplished. Click it with me. One, two, three Click. Click. (line ringing) (mechanized voice): Well, hello there. Professor Hawking? Oh, brother, you should see the look on your faces. You really didn't like our paper? I like your paper very much. The premise is intriguing. Then why are you attacking us? If you were sitting in a chair for 40 years, you'd get bored, too. Anyway, got to go. I promised to help the neighbor kid with his math homework. Ciao. Stephen Hawking liked our paper. (chuckles softly) Said the premise is intriguing. Good to see you again, Mr. Stephen-Hawking- Liked-Our-Paper. And you as well, Mr. Our-Premise-Is-Intriguing. How do you do, Mr. I'll-Admit-That's-Pretty-Cool? Yeah, you keep setting me up for failure. "With a heavy heart, "Amelia stood before the newly repaired time machine. She regretted giving Cooper the part he needed. " Because she wanted him to give her the part she needed. Okay, that's enough. What? No! I really want to know what happens-- and Bernadette really, really, really wants to know what happens. You're just making fun of me. I was just kidding. I'm sorry. And the story's really good! No, it is! Does he stay? Do they kiss? Does she find out about Montana? Please? Fine. "As Cooper prepared to depart, "tears filled Amelia's eyes. "He took her hand in his and said, 'I can't stay, "but I will never forget you. ' "He brushed his fingers against her cheek, "then quickly stepped into the machine. "'Please don't go,' she whispered. "But it was too late. "The engine hummed to life. But they didn't even kiss. AMY: "She turned away, "wiping her eyes. "She couldn't bear to watch "her one chance at true love disappear forever. "Then she felt a strong hand on her shoulder "spin her around. "It was Cooper. (gasps) (whispers): Yes! "'What about the future?' asked Amelia. "He looked deeply into her eyes and whispered, "'There is no future without you.' "He pulled her in close. "She began to tremble all over. She felt his warm breath" You will not believe what Stephen Hawking just said. PENNY: Get out! BERNADETTE: Not now! Is the water warm enough? Given the fact that you took the time to build a wood fire, draw the water from the well and heat it, it would be rude to complain. But since you asked, it's a little nippy. I can fix that. I couldn't help but notice your unusual undergarments. They're not undergarments. They're Underoos. Where I come from, they're known as "underwear that's fun to wear. " And what's the significance of the spider? Oh, that represents Spider-Man. He does whatever a spider can. There's a lot of rhyming in the future, isn't there? LEONARD: You're right. This is even weirder than I thought. You want me to stop reading? Are you kidding? No, no. "As he stood for Amelia to dry him" So, tell me, Cooper are the ways of physical love different in the future? Yeah, okay, I'm good.